Is the EU well run?

Fact checks about the practical running, governance and laws of the European Commission

29 October 2012

Europe

The EU budget: how much does 'bureaucracy' cost?

This morning's Times featured an article jointly authored by Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls and Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander which called for the European Union to "spend less and spend … Read

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